Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) - Manual (Page 1234)

AAA Commands
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
45.12 AlliedWare Plus TM Operating System - Version 5.4.4C C613-50046-01 REV A
aaa accounting update
This command enables periodic accounting reporting to either the RADIUS or TACACS+
accounting server(s) wherever login accounting has been configured.
Note that unlimited RADIUS servers and up to four TACACS+ servers can be configured
and consulted for accounting. The first server configured is regarded as the primary server
and if the primary server fails then the backup servers are consulted in turn. A backup
server is consulted if the primary server fails, i.e is unreachable.
Use the no variant of this command to disable periodic accounting reporting to the
accounting server(s).
Syntax aaa accounting update [periodic <1-65535>]
no aaa accounting update
Default Periodic accounting update is disabled by default.
Mode Global Configuration
Usage Use this command to enable the device to send periodic AAA login accounting reports to
the accounting server. When periodic accounting report is enabled, interim accounting
records are sent according to the interval specified by the periodic parameter. The
accounting updates are start messages.
If the no variant of this command is used to disable periodic accounting reporting, any
interval specified by the periodic parameter is reset to the default of 30 minutes when
accounting reporting is reenabled, unless this interval is specified.
Examples To configure the switch to send period accounting updates every 30 minutes, the default
period, use the following commands:
To configure the switch to send period accounting updates every 10 minutes, use the
following commands:
To disable periodic accounting update wherever accounting has been configured, use the
following commands:
Parameter Description
periodic Send accounting records periodically.
<1-65535> The interval to send accounting updates (in minutes). The default is
30 minutes.
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# aaa accounting update
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# aaa accounting update periodic 10
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# no aaa accounting update